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Stop Being Lonelyl
...i'll ask him if his feet hurt
has he burdens to be shared
and if he doesn’t walk away
i’ll ask him if.he’s scared
and if he doesn’t walk away
if his eyes don’t turn to stone
i’ll ask him if he’s scared,
be alone.”
-Dory Previn
I would like to say a few words about one of the biggest and least talked about problenas
on campus: loneliness, that most keenly felt and least sincere of all our trials.
That’s right, I said “least sincere.” For everyone has the right, the power, ana the
potential to choose not to be lonely. However, I also said “most keenly felt.” I know as
well as anyone what a difficult choice it is to risk getting close to someone.
Many people say “Close relationships take too much time, they’re messy, and
sometimes you ^et hurt. So leave me alone. It’s not worth it.” Others make no excuses
about time, but just aren’t willing to take the risks involved.
What these people don’t realize is that love is more than just a luxury. Love is as
necessary to survival as food, clothing and shelter. It is a far more valuable commodity
than we often realize. I’m not talking about sex, but simple person-to-person caring.
The real problem on this campus is people who are terrified of getting hurt in close
relationships. By “close relationships” I mean having good friends one can count on to
share the rough times and the joys of living.
If people on this campus were willing to share more of themselves and to risk smiling a
little more, it could become a decent place for human beings to live. It was Kurt Von-
negut who asked, "What are people for?” I say they’re only for each other. What greater
purpose could mankind possibly have?
So take a chance on getting slapped - you might get kissed!
Kay Crutcher
Letters to the Editor
My year as Student Council Association President has come to a close and with it
comes the sadness of leaving a place where I’ve spent four years. In that time. I’ve seen
a lot of things happen. Over the years the SCA has established the snack bar, the dor
mitory television sets, Applause, Beer Bashes, Homecoming, Beaux Arts and much
more.
Many of these are traditions that will or will not be kept, depending on the student
body’s interest. But over the years the cost of these and activities in general has
skyrocketed, and with the present budget the activities that we now have were destmed
to be severely cut back. It took three years but finally an increase in the student ac
tivities fee was passed. The amount is substantial enough to provide a much better ac
tivities program. But what you get depends on your letting the Activities Committee
know what you want.
It is easy to complain after an event-but when volunteers are needed for help, few can
)e found, and those that do are often the same faithful people. If the activities are to be
what you want, you must give suggestions and help with the planning. The person to see
s Dave Belnap or the SCA president. Next year the SCA will have substantially more
money to budget for activities, so it will need your help and suggestions.
As for this year, few major innovations were established, but many of those that have
been are guaranteed continuance. I am thankful for the close associatiOT and
cooperation that the faculty and staff have given SCA this year. This has helped solve
problems students have had, and they have presented a side to problems that many
students have been unaware of. „ . . u *
In closing, I am most thankful to my council. They have been a really good bunch to
work for-and I hope many of them continue their association with SCA. For next year I
wish the council and the new president a good year.
Thank you and goodbye.
Brad White
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11
Songs Without Sound
By MARY BETH ZABLOTNY
Last weekend in Morganton, N.C., I
was asked by a girl named Debbie how I
became interested in working with the
deaf. She was sitting on the edge of the
bed in my dorm room with a pink flair
pen and an open notebook. I proceeded to
describe my first classes in sign
language with a group of highway
patrolmen until, somewhere along the
line, we got sidetracked onto other issues
fwhich often happens) and the question
that would naturally follow was never
asked. Why? Since returning to Winston-
Salem I’ve asked myself that question. In
some way, I hope that I can speak for all
of us who shared that weekend at the
N.C. School for the Deaf.
I have always felt that sign language is
the most wonderfully expressive
language in the world. It is the only
language I know of that depends on
touching and seeing. Though many of the
students at Morganton have never heard
a note of music, I can see it in their
hands.
Naturally, when a creative arts
weekend was initiated last year through
the help of Marilyn Williams from
N.C.S.D. and Sam Stone, I was eager to
participate. That first workshop was
successful in every way. I only hope that
I left the deaf with as much as they had
given me. That is not to say the weekend
was easy by any means. I learned a great
lesson in patience. Some ideas simply
could not be conveyed with my limited
vocabulary and in some small way I
began to understand the loneliness of the
deaf. A great deal of time could be spent
on the simplest of exchanges and there
was still more to be said, more levels of
feeling and emotion, more inner songs
that were never given voice to, more of
oneself to give.
Somehow, this year with the help of a
wonderfully creative and exuberant
staff, I believe we have come a little
closer. Seven out of the twelve volunteers
had no experience in signing whatsoever.
The rest of us were what I call muddlers
(I spent the entire weekend signing
“spit” instead of “speak”). But the
results were fantastic. John Scalzi
started the weekend off with a magic
show that was both funny and dazzling.
Afterwards, we split into smaller groups
and went to work with voice major, Paul
Smith, as general interpreter; Patsy
Pease and I (mime); Craig Strong
(puppetry); Nancy Vineyard (flute);
and Bo Winn (percussion). On Saturday,
we were joined by Amy Salganik and
Steve Nance who trooped in with arm
loads of print-making equipment,
slides of past productions and !>est of all,
the Beaux Arts Ball costumes. Drama
faculty, Lesley Hunt and Mollie Murray,
arrived soon afterwards with composing
major Mike George, to round off the
weekend. Lesley and Mollie, who are
both studying sign language for a
possible summer program here at NCSA,
were enthusiastic and their respective
skills in the Alexander technique and
dance proved invaluable.
It was in short, a weekend that passed
all too fast with a group of highly
motivated and expressive people. And
the question Why? It was answered that
weekend... on a stage... in print... with a
drum.
Dean Takes Issue With ESSAY In Letter
I wish to bring to your attention the
inaccurate and misleading coverage of
the HEW project grant for Faculty and
Curriculum Development which ap
peared in the March 11 issue of the NC
Essay.
My first statement to the reporter who
interviewed me was to stress the im
portance of accuracy in reporting a
project that is as crucial to the faculty
and to the school as this one. The reporter
assured me that I would have a chance to
make any necessary corrections in the
article before it was submitted. This
opportunity was not given me and I did
not see the article until it appeared.
The article and its headlines (in which
the reporter may not have had any part)
would lead the reader to believe that
$25,000 would be awarded to the facultv.
This is not the case. The first year of
funding at $24,800 to the school includes
release time from teaching for two
faculty members, secretarial services,
consultant services, travel and some
$3,000 to go directly to faculty in support
of their projects. If any of the projects
that have been funded were to appear in
the article, then all of the faculty whose
projects have been funded should have
been included. Only three are named.
The three other institutions in the
STEP-A cluster are incorrectly iden
tified. These institutions should appear
as; Oakes College of the University of
California at Santa Cruz, California;
Copy Editor: Kay Crutcher
I’hiito Kditor-Bryant Arrington
Pullout editor: Ken Ballard
l-^ditor-.Shelly Mcl'herson
r.usiness Manager: John Hubbard
Advisors-HIII and M’l,ou Hancrafl
Stonehill College at North Easton,
Massachusetts, and Mercer University
(Atlanta campus).
Further, it is incorrect to indicate that
the only purpose of the project is to
“refine the faculty evaluation forms,
which are filled out by students.” Efforts
to design the most appropriate
evaluation forms for each institution is
one of the goals, but only one. The
development of continuing program in
faculty support and curriculum revision
are more pressing goals. Development of
courses which more closely integrate the
arts programs and the academic course
offerings at NCSA is another vital pur
pose. "Diis fact was also badly garbled.
A final inaccuracy in the article is this
statement: “Release time is when a
faculty member is temporarily on leave,
and the school hires a substitute
teacher.” Actually, release time is more
properly a reduction of teaching duties
and other commitments in order to give
the faculty an opportunity to work on
some other project which is important to
the faculty member, ultimately im
portant to students, and beneficial to the
institution. Sometimes this includes the
hiring of replacement teachers. I should
think that the first priority of a
newspaper in a school such as NCSA
might well be to inform the school
community by means of accurate and
responsible journalism. If the current
issue of the essay is any criterion by
which to judge, this does not appear to be
a first priority of the paper.
I insist that the inaccuracies indicated
above be corrected.
Thank you very much.
William H, ^skin, III, Ph.D.
Academic Dean
cc: Dr. Suderburg
Mr. Sokoloff
Deans Harsanyi, Lindgren, Pollock,
Sneden, Hyatt
HEW Faculty Review Projects
Committee